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A man who claims to be a former agent for the RCMP is suing the force for allegedly failing to pay him for his clandestine activities. The man, identified in a lawsuit only as Agent E, says that from 20o1 until late 2014, he worked under the RCMP to provide investigative services in the areas […]

A former WestJet flight attendant has launched a second lawsuit against the airline, alleging it doesn’t provide a harassment-free workplace for its female employees. Mandalena Lewis filed documents in British Columbia Supreme Court today, asking that the case be granted class-action status on behalf of all WestJet female flight attendants. Lewis originally launched a lawsuit […]

VICTORIA — The B.C. government should apologize to fired health researchers for a “flawed and prejudicial” internal report that accused two of them of wrongdoing, says the Opposition NDP. NDP critic Adrian Dix said in the legislature Wednesday that the province smeared two of the researchers’ reputations in a report by the comptroller general’s office.

Former B.C. Lion Arland Bruce III has lost the first round of a concussion lawsuit against the Canadian Football League, but the Vancouver lawyer representing the retired wide receiver says the legal action seeking compensation and medical treatment is far from over.

Hulk Hogan aka Terry Gene Bollea appeared on Howard TV discussing the six-year-old sex tape, which surfaced last year to create quite a scandal on the internet. Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan has sued gossip website Gawker for $100 million for posting excerpts of a sex tape featuring Hogan and the wife of his best friend.

Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews testified during a civil trial Tuesday that she does not think she will ever get over the emotional fallout after a stalker secretly took nude videos of her and put them on the Internet. (March 1)

Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson of the B.C. Supreme Court says he will render a decision “sooner rather than later” in a civil suit brought by former B.C. Lion and CFL player Arland Bruce against the Canadian Football League. Justice Hinkson heard arguments in court Tuesday put forward by Bruce’s lawyer, Robyn Wishart, and Stephen Shamie, the Toronto lawyer acting on behalf of the CFL. Former commissioner Mark Cohon, Dr. Charles Tator, director of the Canadian Sports Concussion Project, Krembil Neuroscience Centre and Leo Ezerins, executive director of the CFL Alumni Association, are also named as defendants.

A Coquitlam couple is suing Royal Columbian Hospital, Fraser Health, four doctors and a nurse over a labour and delivery in 2013 that resulted in the death of their infant. Kate Austin-Rivas and Didier Rivas have suffered substantial and permanent psychological impairments and Austin-Rivas suffered physical impairments, according to the lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of BC.

The upset relatives of a mentally disabled Ontario man say their brother was never told he is suing his three siblings over his exclusion from his late father’s will, and has never met the people who filed the lawsuit on his behalf — B.C. government employees. Robert (Bobby) Willson was not listed as an inheritor of his late father’s $1-million estate, so the province’s Public Guardian and Trustee filed a lawsuit claiming the will failed to provide “proper maintenance and support” for the disabled man.

It’s been more than eight years since the Nanaimo Hells Angels have had access to their Victoria Road clubhouse. They were kicked out in November 2007 when the B.C. government filed a civil forfeiture suit against the biker gang, alleging that the clubhouse had been used to commit criminal offences in the past.

The awarding of $8 million to a minor-league hockey player who was left paraplegic by a dirty hit sends a powerful message to players and leagues at all levels: One’s responsibilities do not end where the ice begins.

Revolution Ranch describes its organic composting operation in the semi-arid Fraser Canyon near Lytton as a showpiece of sustainability and one of the “best, safest and most modern” such facilities on the planet. To residents of the Botanie Valley, however, food scraps trucked from the Lower Mainland to their community have raised a stink that is out of this world.

B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson has rejected the attempt by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter to be heard at Ivan Henry's trial for compensation over his wrongful conviction.

On the eve of the close of Ivan Henry’s trial for compensation for his wrongful conviction, Rape Relief is threatening to throw the case into procedural chaos. In a move Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson called “disappointing,” B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton backed the Vancouver organization’s right to be heard.

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